Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) The 25-hour countdown for the Thursday evening launch of Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, carrying three Singapore satellites, began on Wednesday evening, the Indian space agency said. The mission is codenamed PSLV-C53/DS-EO by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). During the countdown, the rockets’ engines powered by liquid fuel […]
Panaji, June 29 (BPNS) Security has been beefed up on the Goa-Maharashtra border check-post at Patradevi, the Dabolim airport and the Taj Resort and Convention Centre in Panaji, where the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde are likely to camp after reaching the coastal state on Wednesday. Police sources informed that all vehicles […]
New Delhi, June 29 (BPNS) The rebel Shiv Sena MLAs on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the disqualification proceedings against the 16 MLAs have no bearing on the floor test scheduled for Thursday, and emphasised that they represent the Shiv Sena and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena is in a “hopeless minority”. Senior advocate […]
Thiruvananthapuram, June 29 (BPNS) With the upward climb of Covid-19 cases continuing in the state, a special alert was issued to Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam districts by the health department. The alert is against the backdrop that these two districts were having the most active caseload in the state. At the same time, for the second […]
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) The Vellore district police have constituted special police teams to monitor the city limits and to increase patrolling in the city, after two rapes of medical professionals, one a doctor and the other a nurse in a span of three months has created a nightmare for the medical professionals. It is […]
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) The forest officials of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) have constituted 24 teams of forest officials to monitor the movement of herds of elephants from Kerala to Tamil Nadu forest areas. The elephant migration from the forests of Kerala to the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) generally commence in August but this […]
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) A 16-year-old girl who was forced to donate her embryo or rather Oocytes by her mother and her stepfather attempted suicide on Wednesday. The girl who is lodged in a shelter home after police arrested her mother, her stepfather, and two others in a case related to the donation of her […]
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) A special team of the Tamil Nadu police which is investigating the Kodanad estate murder and heist case questioned late Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa’s driver Kannan on Wednesday. Sources in the police told BPNS that he was quizzed for several hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. Kannan while working with Jayalalithaa as […]
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) general secretary, TTV Dhinakaran has come out strongly against the reported recommendation of a panel for bringing postal services under the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The AMMK leader in a series of tweets on Wednesday called upon the central government not to act on […]
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) The Edappadi K . Palaniswamy faction of the AIADMK which has gained upper hand in the party, is trying to convince the former Chief Minister, O. Panneerselvam who has not yet relented to single-party leadership for the party. Sources in the AIADMK told BPNS that senior leaders including former ministers, S.P. […]
